G’Day
Mate,
Hello Akila!
One of my favorite activities is
snorkeling!
I love all of the fish in the Great
Barrier Reef.
The reef is usually very pretty with very
colorful coral and fishes.
Lately, I have seen some parts of the
reef that are white and they look really bad.
My dad told me that the white color is
coral bleaching and it turns white because the
oceans are getting warmer.
This is not good.
The coral looks sick and when I go
snorkeling in those places, I don’t
see many fish.
I think that the coral bleaching is
somehow making the fish disappear too.
I don’t
like this because fish are my favorite,
especially the parrotfish.
They are so colorful and they eat the
coral.
With no healthy coral, that means no healthy
parrotfish.
That makes me really sad.
I wish I could help the coral and the
parrotfish.
Distressed Diver,
Alan
